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Hartmann Logistik GmbH, a shipowner with a fleet including containerships, gas carriers, gas tankers, product tankers and bulk carriers, is expanding its offshore mar- ket presence with the ordering of a pair of

Anchor Handling, Tug & Supply Vessels (AHTS), with an option for two more.

Italy’s Fincantieri won the order, with delivery scheduled for December 2008 and

February 2009.

Hartmann Logistik GmbH is the

Hartmann Group company active in the

Offshore Industry, which is headed by Dr.

Niels Hartmann, son of the founder of the

Group. Founded in 1981, Hartmann

Reederei is a shipping and logistic compa- ny with a fleet of more than 100 vessels, and has a substantial newbuilding program currently going on with yards in Europe and the Far East.

The vessels, designed to the top class awarded by ABS, will be 250.9 ft. (76.5 m) long, 57.4 ft. (17.5 m) wide with a draft of 22.3 ft. (6.8 m) and a deadweight of over 3,000 tons. Equipped with four diesel engines capable of generating 16,000 hp, the ships will be capable of reaching a max- imum speed of 16.3 knots and will have a bollard pull of at least 180 tons. The vessels will be able to work in any field of offshore operations and will carry out support activ- ities for oil platforms, such as anchor han- dling and positioning, deep-sea towing, anti-pollution operations and fire-fighting (Fire Fighting 2 class equipment), trans- port of dry-bulk and liquid cargo.

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